Chapter 359 Be the emperor’s consultant?

From the late Qing Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, due to the crisis of the country and the hardship of the people, in order to protect themselves or maintain the countryside, the trend of practicing martial arts was prevalent, especially the emergence of Yihequan, which pushed this trend of practicing martial arts to the top. In this trend, many martial arts masters also emerged, such as Yang Luchan, Dong Haichuan, Huang Feihong, Huo Yuanjia, Wang Ziping, Du Xinwu, Han Muxia, Yan Zi Li San, Sun Lutang, Guo Yunshen, Shang Yunxiang, etc. Later, Li Jinglin, who served as the commander of the Northeast Army, was also a martial arts master and was known as the "Wudang Sword Immortal". These martial arts masters were also very famous in later generations, especially Huang Feihong and Huo Yuanjia, who were often brought to the screen and were almost well-known.

However, when it comes to talking about the martial arts masters in the late Qing Dynasty who were first familiar to Guo Jinzhang, except for Huo Yuanjia, he was the big sword Wang Wu. He had read the comic strips when he was a child. After reading this, he took a stick to pretend to be a big sword and ran to the field to cut grass. Seeing the weeds being cut into two pieces by his "knife", he always felt very comfortable. But he didn't expect that he would see Wang Wu himself one day!

He didn't know what to say.

Speaking of which, Tangzhou has also recruited many martial arts masters from the Qing Dynasty in recent years. Because there is a red corps. Compared with whites, yellow people are inferior to the average physique. Although the age of hot weapons has reduced the distance brought by this inferiority, no one can guarantee that the soldiers of the Red corps will not have close contact with the white soldiers. Therefore, after stabilizing, Guo Jinzhang issued an order to Liu Tongfu, inviting several martial arts masters to Tangzhou as coaches, responsible for studying the military's lattice assassination techniques and

Physical training methods to train the army. Liu Tongfu did not disappoint him, and found several masters for him, such as Du Xinwu of the Natural Sect, Zhang Zhankui and Han Muxia from Xingyiquan, and Shang Yunxiang... These people gathered together to make considerable contributions to the basic training of the Red Corps and the fighting and assassination techniques. Among them, Du Xinwu not only practices martial arts, but also has a lot of literary talent. After a few years in Seattle, he was actually admitted to West Point Military Academy, which was shocking (Du Xinwu was admitted to the Agricultural Science Department of the Imperial University of Tokyo).

However, although Du Xinwu and Shang Yunxiang and others were all martial arts masters, their reputation in later generations was not as good as Wang Wu. This is a legendary figure that Guo Jinzhang has been familiar with since childhood. Therefore, when he heard that Liu Tongfu was looking for such a great master to be a bodyguard for him, Guo Jinzhang couldn't help but feel a little excited and waited for someone to come. But what he didn't expect was that Mr. Liu Tongfu, who has always been very respectful in Beijing and even Prince Beile could call him brother, failed to invite Wang Wu to come here... As for the reason, it was very simple: Emperor Guangxu suddenly issued an order to reform!

Wang Wu was called away by Tan Sitong.

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"It's wrong."

After hearing the news, Guo Jinzhang rarely went out again. Although almost everyone in Beijing knew that the leader of Tangzhou had arrived at this time, many people wanted to visit him, including Prince Gong Yixin, Prince Qing Yikuang, and Prince Qing Yikuang, as well as the new officialdom like Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, he refused to meet him. He only said that he was back to the Qing Dynasty for vacation and did not want to involve anything else. If he had anything to do, he could go to Liu Tongfu. During this period, he only met his former acquaintance Ronglu, and did not say a few words. Seeing his attitude, the others themselves

However, he would not force his face down... Who is not arrogant in Beijing? It would be fine if Guo Jinzhang was a foreigner, but he was born as a citizen of the Qing Dynasty and was so arrogant. Who is rare? So soon, Guo Jinzhang was deserted. But he didn't expect that Guangxu would actually be "The Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the E-Wei period should have been in the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the Hundred and the Reform of the E-Wei period. Why did the reform start?

"When is the wrong time? Sir, what are you talking about?"

Guo Jinzhang did not receive foreign visitors, which was a good opportunity for Liu Tongfu and his men. Although Guo Jinzhang did not live with Liu Tongfu, he found an empty courtyard alone in the city, but still couldn't guard against the enthusiasm of Yulei and Lu Haodong. These young people wanted to know how Guo Jinzhang could make a small Tangzhou rise rapidly into a powerful force in the Pacific. Moreover, they did not come one by one by one. When they had the opportunity, they rushed to Guo Jinzhang in groups. Liu Tongfu seemed to be happy to see this scene and often helped them create opportunities. Now, Guo Jinzhang has gathered with Yulei, Lu Haodong, Chen Shaobai, Yang Heling, Zheng Shiliang and others around him... Almost all of these people are future revolutionary martyrs, but Guo Jinzhang had barely heard of Lu Haodong, and had no impression of everyone else.

"There is no time wrong. I just didn't expect that Emperor Guangxu was so bold that he dared to challenge those diehards who had the power of military and political power..." When he heard Yu Lie ask a question, Guo Jinzhang shook his head and sighed.

"I don't think this is difficult to understand." Yang Heling, the oldest among the people, was only a little over thirty years old at this time, and was about the same age as Guo Jinzhang, and was also the one who admired Guo Jinzhang the most. The two were about the same age, one was almost the eldest of a country, while the other was still confused about the future and destiny of his own country, so naturally he was respectful to Guo Jinzhang. Moreover, he and others had heard Guo Jinzhang's analysis of the internal factions of the Qing court and could understand the meaning of Guo Jinzhang.

"Oh? Tell me?" Guo Jinzhang gave him a peanut into his mouth and asked with a smile. Every time Yulie and others came to see him, they would never forget to bring some food. Sometimes they even brought some wine. Everyone was eating and drinking and chatting, which was usually quite atmosphere.

"In recent years, although the Qing Dynasty has developed quite a lot, especially in the Northeast and Jiangnan areas, many industrial and mining enterprises have been established, but these are not owned by the imperial court. Not to mention Jiangnan, most of the Northeast are built by Tangzhou and the United States. Although taxes are paid to the court every year according to the law, which has greatly alleviated some of the imperial court's expenses, this is just a small leader, and almost all of the big leaders belong to Tangzhou and Americans. Although the court also knew that this was the right, it was watched helplessly as the large amount of money belonged to others, and with those

How can ministers and officials behave? That's not all. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Northeast has been the back garden of the court, saying that it is necessary to maintain the martial spirit of the local people and not to develop. As a result, when Tangzhou arrived, it immediately became a rich place. Yuan Shikai and Yuan also became a model of capable ministers with this. Some people even praised it as Li Hongzhang, and Zhang Zhidong had great potential. The court has been repeatedly placed in the local area. If it doesn't recover, who will take it seriously again in the future?" Yang Heling said.

"There are also Western countries." Zheng Shiliang also interfered: "Although the Qing Dynasty has become stronger in recent years, the Western barbarians have been increasingly oppressing me. The frequent lesson plans in various places are the precursors that Western powers want to seize our country! However, officials from all over the country are weak and only know how to oppress the people. If this continues, they will inspire civil reforms sooner or later. In addition, there are Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others who advocate reforms, and most of them support Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and others. Therefore, it is reasonable to work hard at this time."

"Haha, this makes sense." Guo Jinzhang smiled, but secretly shook his head. Although he did not investigate carefully, he was also very clear that the inside story of the reform was definitely not that simple. In the original history, Kang, Liang and others advocated that the reform was that after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, China was defeated by a small country and had to pay 200 million taels of silver to ced Taiwan Island. If it were not for the intervention of the Three Kingdoms and returned to Liao, even Liaodong would have been lost... The entire country was greatly stimulated, which also allowed the great powers to see more and more clearly the essence of the Qing Dynasty's strong external force and the middle force, thus starting a frenzy of dividing China. Faced with such a evasion, Guangxu had no choice but to make up his mind to launch reforms.

Now, because of the existence and deterrence of Tangzhou, Japan has been reeling from its hands and dared not move around casually, which has led to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, which should have begun, and has not happened until now. Similarly, without the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, the Qing court, under the auspices of the Westernization faction such as Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, also showed a little sign of prosperity, and the great powers did not dare to over-suppress the reform. This has caused the reform to lose a large number of external reasons. Therefore, the greater reason for Guangxu's sudden announcement of the reform should be internal, or even entirely from the purpose of political struggle. As for others, can they see the cold blood of the diehards and the short-sightedness of the reformists?

Guo Jinzhang did not continue to discuss the reasons for the reform with Yulei and others, and instead raised other topics. However, the reform and reform is an important and even a landmark historical event in modern Chinese history. He has been paying close attention to the development of things. In addition, he also received news that because Guangxu suddenly announced the reform, the Japanese side had suspended the pace of war. Obviously, Hirofumi Ito and Akito Yama Prefecture were not very optimistic about this reform and planned to wait for a while until chaos arose within the Qing court... This is

The experience of these two old foxes. Think about how much happened in Japan since the Meiji Restoration? Rebellions continued everywhere, and even the Guards dared to drag the cannons to find the emperor to reason with them. In the end, because the army promised not to interfere in politics, the government even gave up its military power. Apart from the army, the country's political system reform was even more noisy and had to make the parliamentary system happen for more than ten or twenty years... Although the situation in the Qing Dynasty was different from that in Japan, the situation there would only be more complicated. Ito Kazuyama Prefecture became a master, so naturally it would not launch first, and launched an attack before the Qing Dynasty was in chaos.

As soon as the Japanese stopped, Guo Jinzhang naturally had to wait. However, this further ensured his safety. There were two batches of assassins sent by Kawakami Kawakami Kawakami personally, and the latter group was discovered during this waiting time. Now these people have been monitored by the Tangzhou Intelligence Bureau. However, in addition to the benefits, there are also disadvantages. Cheng Degui and others, who had already left the Great White Fleet, had to stop approaching Japan and go to the Guam area to hide in Guam so that they would not be discovered by others. The main force of the Great White Fleet, which had entered the Indian Ocean, could not get the news because they did not install wireless telegrams. They could only take one step at a time, hoping that the Japanese did not arrange mandate surveillance at the ports along the fleet, because if that were the case, Ito Hirobuki and Yama Prefecture Akito would soon find that at least three battleships and five cruisers were eyeing them, and they could bite them at any time...

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However, although he was worried that the Japanese would find out about their plans, Guo Jinzhang soon was not in the mood to care about these matters. After all, they were already on track, and the intelligence department was working hard to make the wireless telegram that everyone could not imagine could effectively connect all aspects and then launch them together. He was very lightly by the sudden "Yi Wei Reform".

As for reform, there must be a reason. Guo Jinzhang thought that Emperor Guangxu would use some reasons for national crisis as a basis for his reform, but he did not expect that "Kangzi" who advocated the reform, "Kang Saint" actually listed Tangzhou as one of the important reasons when he read out the reasons for the reform. This reason made him laugh and cry. Guangxu and Kang Youwei, the monarch and minister, actually felt that Tangzhou was a major threat to the Qing Dynasty... Is Tangzhou already dragged the United States to "occupy" the Northeast?

"... Liaodong is strong and very close to the capital, so it can be done every day... It is very closely linked to foreign barbarians... As a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, he was contrary to his fate and did not return... I may have different plans... I can follow the story of Taizu Taizong, and it is indeed a danger..."

In other words, Emperor Guangxu, apart from other reasons that had to be reformed, he also believed that Tangzhou threatened his rule over the Qing Dynasty. The Northeast had become the sphere of influence of Tangzhou and Americans. The people of Tangzhou were mostly people of the Qing Dynasty, but they had no good impression of the Qing Dynasty. Not only did they not want to return after the success, they also hooked up with foreigners, and they might have other ideas. Think about the geographical advantages of Liaodong, and think about how the two emperors, Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, robbed the Ming Dynasty's territory... They had to be guarded against. But Tangzhou was said to be very strong and defeated foreigners many times. Such a group of strong people were not easy to mess with, so we have to reform and strive for strength!

Guo Jinzhang was convinced by this pair of live treasures. Liu Tongfu looked for him and planned to protest Kang Youwei's "accusation" in the name of Tangzhou, but he was stopped by him. Because from this point, we can know that this time the "Yiwei Reform" is probably not even more focused than the original "Hundred-Eighth Reform". From the beginning to failure, it may not be able to last for a hundred days.

And the facts were just as he expected.

Although Emperor Guangxu was in charge of the rule at this time, the military and political power was still firmly held in the hands of Cixi. On the fifth day after the reform began, in order to get the support of Cixi, this innocent emperor, Geer, actually agreed to Cixi's several requests and issued three "edicts" in succession: First, he ordered the removal of the positions of the Grand Secretary, the Minister of Military Affairs, and then returned to his original home; Second, all ministers above the second rank who were appointed to the new position must go to the Empress Dowager to thank him; Third, he appointed Cixi's confidant Rong Lu as the governor of Zhili and took control of the great power... Then, at the request of Cixi, Guangxu appointed Chongli as the commander of the infantry, Waitabu was in charge of the Eight Banners of the Yuanmingyuan, the Three Banners of the Baoyi and the Ball Gun Battalion, and Gangyi was in charge of the Jianrui Camp. These people were all confidants of Cixi.

But in this situation, Kang Youwei, the first person in the reform, was still too bad when he was received by Guangxu. It is said that Kang Youwei met Ronglu, who had just taken over as the governor of Zhili, when he entered the palace, he met Ronglu, who had just taken over as the governor of Zhili. Ronglu asked: "With his great talent, will he have the skills to remedy the current situation?" Kang Youwei replied: "If you don't have reform, you can't save China." Ronglu asked again: "I know that the law should change. But once the law has been achieved for one or two hundred years, can it change suddenly?" Kang Youwei replied: "Kill a few first-rank officials, and the law will change!"

God is so pitiful that this guy doesn't know which group of Ronglu is from! He even said murderously that he wanted to kill a few first-rank officials. Isn't this clear that he forced the ministers who had not agreed to reform on the road? That's not counting. Not long after, Kang Youwei and his gang pointed their finger at Li Hongzhang who supported them...

Guo Jinzhang was completely convinced.

The reform has pushed almost all the people who have held military and political power to their opposites. He has never seen such a "genius" person. Such reform can last for more than 100 days in the original time and space, which made Guo Jinzhang unable to help but agree with some comments from later generations, that is, Empress Dowager Cixi actually supported the reform. However, the purpose of her support for the reform was to consolidate and continue the rule of the Qing Dynasty, rather than to find any unpleasantness for herself, nor to cause chaos in the country. Kang Youwei, a guy who has only been a juren and has never even been a local official, did not know how to pretend to understand. He thought that with the support of the emperor, he could do whatever he wanted, make a political situation unreasonable, and threaten the rule of the Qing Dynasty, which annoyed the old woman and launched a coup.

However, Guo Jinzhang finally underestimated the innocence or genius of Kang Youwei and others. Just as he was hiding aside to watch the show, someone in the imperial edict who had condemned Tangzhou's indiscretions suddenly asked to see him on behalf of the emperor. The one who came with him was actually an English missionary named Timothy Li.

Timothy Li was also a celebrity in Beijing. Her missionary method was similar to Matteo Ricci in the late Ming Dynasty. She attracted intellectuals and upper class with Western culture, and had deep relationships with many government officials, such as Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong. Zhang Zhidong once allocated 1,000 taels to support the Guangxue Society founded by this person. In addition to these rank-level officials, Timothy Li also made friends with some influential figures. Not only Kang Youwei, Sun Wen, who was also under Liu Tongfu, also had contact with him. Liang Qichao also served as Chinese secretary for this person... After all, this person had a great influence on the Reform Movement.

Of course, the origin of Timothy Li is second. The key is that Guo Jinzhang did not expect Kang Youwei and this missionary would bring such an unexpected proposal: to ask him to serve as the consultant of Guangxu! Not only that, in order to invite him to come out, the two also promised that they would launch reforms and send officials to write a letter to Emperor Guangxu to reuse him, not only to let him serve as the consultant, but also to give him the power to do so.

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"Isn't this a legendary 'mission' of Hirobuki Ito?" Guo Jinzhang was in chaos.
Chapter completed!